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Iceland

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
837
Threatened
72
CR + EN + VU
Population
341.250
Area
103.000 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 19
Endangered 22
Vulnerable 31
Near Threatened 55
Least Concern 376
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 176
Extinct 13

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 717
Animalia 109
Fungi 7
Chromista 3
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Iceland

Forked Spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale

Critically Endangered

Clay-Coloured Weevil

Otiorhynchus singularis

Least Concern

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Least Concern

Bright-Green Spleenwort

Asplenium viride

Least Concern

Cuckoo-Spit Insect

Philaenus spumarius

Least Concern

clouded-bordered brindle

Apamea crenata

Least Concern

White-spot Purple

Heringocrania unimaculella

Not Evaluated

Metallic Marine Isopod

Idotea metallica

Not Evaluated

Two-marked harp ground beetle

Anisodactylus binotatus

Least Concern

eel parasite

Anguillicola crassus

Not Evaluated

Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Least Concern

Wasp

Ageniaspis fuscicollis

Not Evaluated

European elm leafhopper

Ribautiana ulmi

Least Concern

Sticky ragwort

Senecio viscosus

Least Concern

Woodland ragwort

Senecio sylvaticus

Least Concern

Springtail

Proisotoma minuta

Not Evaluated

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Sneezeweed

Achillea ptarmica

Least Concern

Monochrome spider beetle

Epauloecus unicolor

Least Concern

Greater knapweed

Centaurea scabiosa

Near Threatened

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

Early Goldenrod

Solidago gigantea

Not Evaluated

European Goldenrod

Solidago virgaurea

Near Threatened

Scentless false mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Least Concern

Globe Thistle

Echinops exaltatus

Not Evaluated

Goat's-beard

Tragopogon pratensis

Least Concern

Aphid

Uroleucon taraxaci

Not Evaluated

Boar Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Least Concern

Leopard's-bane

Doronicum pardalianches

Not Evaluated

Common Nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Least Concern

Devil'S Paintbrush

Pilosella aurantiaca

Least Concern

Common Chamomile

Anthemis arvensis

Vulnerable

Marsh cudweed

Gnaphalium uliginosum

Least Concern

Bog-Rhubarb

Petasites hybridus

Least Concern

Mountain Plume

Stenoptilia islandicus

Vulnerable

Broadbean weevil

Bruchus rufimanus

Not Evaluated

Common European Yellowjacket

Vespula vulgaris

Least Concern

Common sowthistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Least Concern

common European cockle

Cerastoderma edule

Least Concern

Large Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Least Concern

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Not Evaluated

marsh thistle

Cirsium palustre

Least Concern

Melancholy Thistle

Cirsium heterophyllum

Least Concern

Imported currantworm

Nematus ribesii

Least Concern

Smooth hawksbeard

Crepis capillaris

Least Concern

Annual Sea-Blite

Suaeda maritima

Near Threatened

Swedish Goosefoot

Chenopodium suecicum

Least Concern

Berlandier'S Goosefoot

Chenopodium berlandieri

Not Evaluated

Marsh Hawk's-beard

Crepis paludosa

Least Concern

Grass-Leaf Orache

Atriplex littoralis

Near Threatened

Flea

Leptopsylla segnis

Not Evaluated

Common Carder Bee

Bombus pascuorum

Least Concern

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Crepis tectorum

Near Threatened

Long-Stalked Orache

Atriplex longipes

Endangered

August Flower

Scorzoneroides autumnalis

Least Concern

American Willowherb

Epilobium ciliatum

Not Evaluated

Marsh Willow-Herb

Epilobium palustre

Least Concern

Beaked Clothes

Tinea translucens

Not Evaluated

Curled Thistle

Carduus crispus

Least Concern

Granary book louse

Lepinotus inquilinus

Not Evaluated

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